Japan summer

Sunday, we went to nara for the latern daimon festival. I need to find a better camera for night pictures- because the night was just jaw-dropping beautiful with thousands of candles lining and filling the park. Here is the opening ceremony for the daimon bonfire- seconds later much bigger pyres from atop a nearby mountain was lit up in the shape of "oki" or "dai" meaning big. The big buddha was absolutely spectacular with candle-lit laterns and the deers were still awake and friendly.

posted by QT @ 9:59 PM